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Christoph Wiesner: “Photography is About Storytelling”

The former director of Paris Photo is enjoying his first year as the head of the Rencontres d’Arles, in France. While the festival is focused this year on themes of identity and raises some topical issues, Christoph Wiesner shares candid thoughts on photography, its appeal, what it offers, and its usefulness.

How did you get into photography?

I started out at a young age. I did film photography because I’m part of that generation. It haunted me. As a teenager, in the early 1980s, I even thought of becoming a photographer at one point. I mainly photogr...

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